calc Command Examples

An interactive arbitrary-precision calculator in the terminal. More information: https://github.com/lcn2/calc.

• Start calc in interactive mode:

calc

• Perform a calculation in non-interactive mode:

calc '{{85 * (36 / 4)}}'

• Don't format the output (for use with [p]ipes):

calc -p '{{4/3 * pi() * 5^3}}'

• Perform a calculation and then switch to [i]nteractive mode:

calc -i '{{sqrt(2)}}'

• Start calc in a specific permission [m]ode (0 to 7, defaults to 7):

calc -m {{mode}}

• View an introduction to calc:

calc help intro

• View an overview of calc:

calc help overview

• Open the calc manual:

calc help